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China’s noisy space plans
The USSR was notably silent about its plans for space missions. They typically announced their missions afterwords—and boasted about their accomplishments, often achieving “firsts.” They had the first satellite, first man in space, first space walk, first space station, etc. The U.S. announced plans and then carried them out—at great risk—in sight of the whole [...]
Group plans amazing celebration of Glenn’s Mercury flight
As any space buff knows, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth in February 1962, when he piloted the Friendship 7 spacecraft on a 3 -orbit mission. Fifty years later, a group called “Americans in Orbit – 50 Years” plans to celebrate with a repeat of that historic flight. They intend to [...]
Apollo astronaut: global warming not caused by people
Harrison Schmidt, a geologist astronaut who walked on the moon in 1972, is appearing at a conference that dismisses global warming as a myth. Schmidt, who’s spoken on the topic before, is quoted as saying: “I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect”. Rusty Schweikart, an astronaut from Apollo 9, [...]
